An Orange County couple and their cat is safe after their home caught fire early Thursday morning.

An Orange County couple and their cat is safe after their home caught fire early Thursday morning.

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Updated: 8:02 AM EST Jan 30, 2014

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WEBVTT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CRASH AT THE 408. BREAKING NEWS, TWO PEOPLE ESCAPED THEIR BURNING HOME IN ORLANDO. THEY SAY THEY HEARD EXPLOSIONS SHORTLY BEFORE THE FIRE ON CANTON STREET NEAR EAST COLONIAL DRIVE AND MILLS AVENUE. RIKKI KLAUS WAS THE MIRS REPORTER ON THE SCENE. YOU SPOKE WITH THE HOMEOWNER? Reporter: I DID, AND HE IS OKAY, HE GOT OUT WITH HIS GIVE AND HIS CAT AS SOON AS THE FIRE STARTED. HE SAID HE NOTICED IT. THIS IS THE HOUSE WHERE IT HAPPENED, THREE SECTION IN THE BACK. OFFICE AND THAT IS WHERE HE SAID THE FIRE STARTED. ACCORDING TO FIREFIGHTERS HIS LIVING AREA IS OKAY THIS MORNING, THAT IS. RIGHT THERE AND FEELING THANKFUL, VERY GREATFUL TO FIREFIGHTERS THAT AT LEFT THE LIVING PART OF HIS HOUSE WAS SAVED. LIST THAN TO WHAT WE TOLD ME EARLIER. WE WERE ABOUT TO GO TO BED AND WE HEARD TWO LOUD EXPLOSIONS AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW SMOKE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RUNNING BACK AND FORTH AND WE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT BUT BEFORE WE KNOW IT THE HOUSE WAS UNGULFED IN FLAMES. WE ARE ALIVE. A LOT OF THINGS, WE WE ARE ALIVE Reporter: IN THE PACK OF THE HOUSE YOU CAN CATCH A FLIM PS OF A FLASHLIGHT, THAT IS FIREFIGHTERS ON FIRE WATCH CHECKING TO MAKE SHR MY HOT SPOTS WILL NOT REKINDLE. WE KNOW THE FIRE DID REKINDLE A FEW TIMES A CORDING TO THE HOMEONER OVERNIGHT, NEIGHBORS SAY THAT WHEN WE WOKE UP AND SAW THE FIRE, IT WAS SHOOTING OUT OF THE WINDOWS, FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE HERE AT LEAST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS TO MAKE SURE THIS FIRE DOES IN THE START AGAIN.

Couple escapes burning home following explosions

An Orange County couple and their cat is safe after their home caught fire early Thursday morning.